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State Cooks, Or The Downfall Of The Fish Kettle

State Cooks, Or The Downfall Of The Fish Kettle

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  State cooks, or the downfall of the fish kettle CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5855 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-13639 (digital file from original print)LC-USZ62-1529 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows George III and Lord North standing in a kitchen, both wear aprons, George III has his back to the fireplace, between them, on the floor, is an overturned kettle of fish, each labeled with the name of a colony. George III says, "O Boreas, the loss of these fish will ruin us forever", North replies, "My honored liege never fret. Minden & I will cook 'em yet", on the wall behind North is a map labeled "Plan of North America". MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 32.3 x 24.4 cm (sheet) CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pubd. by W. Wells No. 132 Fleet Street, 1781 Decr. 10. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5855 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 794. SUBJECTS: George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. Politics & government--England--1780-1790. Cooks--1780-1790. Fish--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings British Hand-colored 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) ppmsca 13639 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13639 (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05320 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05320 CONTROL #:  2004673413